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Neither Tim Duncan nor Len Bias played in a Final Four. The national championship eluded Phil Ford, J.J. Redick and Ralph Sampson. ACC basketball legends all. So the notion that Tyler Hansbrough's North Carolina career might be tarnished by defeat in tonight's NCAA title game against Michigan State escapes Tar Heels coach Roy Williams and Hansbrough himself. "I am not going to look at my career as a failure if we don't win a national championship," Hansbrough said Sunday. "There are always going to be those people who say I am not a good player or that I am overrated no matter if we win a national title or not. So, it does not make me look at anything any...

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Neither Tim Duncan nor Len Bias played in a Final Four. The national championship eluded Phil Ford, J.J. Redick and Ralph Sampson.ACC basketball legends all.So the notion that Tyler Hansbrough's North Carolina career might be tarnished by defeat in...

Baseball has lost another iconic ambassador.
Former White Sox star outfielder Minnie Minoso was found dead in the driver’s seat of his car early Sunday.
An autopsy performed Sunday afternoon determined Minoso died of a tear in his pulmonary artery...

When Minnie Minoso broke into major league baseball, the "Cuban Comet" was part of a wave of black players who changed the game forever. By the time he played in his final game 35 years ago, he was a beloved figure with the Chicago White Sox. It...

In his 19 seasons playing baseball on the North Side, Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks never earned a salary higher than $75,000, a pittance compared to the multimillion-dollar contracts thrown at ballplayers today.
But Banks' trademark smile and...

Cubs great Ernie Banks had assets worth just $16,000 when he died, an attorney for the woman who cared for him during his final years said Tuesday in a contentious court appearance over his will that prompted a judge to demand details. Cook County Probate...

Chicago Cubs players will wear patches with Ernie Banks' No. 14 this season. The Cubs announced Thursday the patches will be worn on both home and away jerseys in honor of the most beloved player in team history. Banks died last month at age 83. The...

The day after Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks died, apparently of a heart attack, his longtime caregiver took to social media to describe in poignant detail the final moments of his life.
"There was a point where I whispered into his ear and said,...

The disclosure Tuesday that Cubs great Ernie Banks has been buried at a Chicago cemetery just a few blocks from Wrigley Field answered a question that had lingered for days amid a legal fight between Banks' family and his caretaker. Jim Scalzitti, a...

Ernie Banks, the beloved Chicago Cubs great who once said he wanted to have his ashes scattered at Wrigley Field, is at the center of a battle over his remains as his estranged wife has gone to court to prevent a longtime friend of "Mr. Cub"...

At the overflowing memorial service for Ernie Banks on Saturday in Chicago, Banks' twin sons of course Mr. "Let's Play Two" had twin sons stood before baseball royalty, a who's who of the game, at Fourth Presbyterian Church. But the...

1953: Ernie Banks makes his Cubs debut Sept. 17. He starts at shortstop and bats seventh, becoming the first African-American player in team history.
1954: On Aug. 22, Banks homers twice in a 12-6 loss to the Braves at Wrigley Field. This is his...

Former Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa will not be attending the funeral of Ernie Banks on Saturday, a friend of Sosa's told the Tribune on Wednesday.
Sosa is scheduled to travel Saturday to Japan on a business trip that already had been pushed back as he...

Ernie Banks loved baseball and he loved the fans.
On Friday, the fans loved him back, paying their respects during a public visitation at Fourth Presbyterian Church in downtown Chicago.
Banks' casket is draped with a No. 14 flag. Above the casket is a...

Before the sun came up Wednesday, Chicagoans came to Daley Plaza to stare at the 7-foot bronze statue of Ernie Banks and smile wistfully about a time gone by.
People kept coming throughout the day in blue collars and power ties, men and women from all...

Of all the talents Ernie Banks exhibited over his Hall of Fame career, perhaps the most impressive skill was his ability to relate to everyday people from all walks of life.
"He could make you feel like you were the most important person in the...

News of Ernie Banks’ passing Friday night shocked me.
Nobody that relentlessly upbeat could be part of such a bummer.
I never thought Ernie was immortal to the point he would be saying “Let’s play two’’ until the planet exploded into a trillion...

Iconic slugger Ernie Banks died Friday at 83, but his DNA will be embedded forever into the game of baseball.
Aside from his 512 home runs, back-to-back Most Valuable Player awards and first-ballot induction into the Hall of Fame, the Cubs' first black...

Ernie Banks was not supposed to be the Chicago Cubs' first black player. Gene Baker, a fancy-fielding, 28-year-old shortstop with the Cubs' top farm team, was penciled in for that role in 1953. The previous year, Baker's manager with the Los...

Save the date: Friday, July 31. That is when the Seattle Storm comes to the Mohegan Sun Arena to play the Connecticut Sun. The Storm will have two of best guards in UConn history, Sue Bird and Renee Montgomery. The Sun traded Montgomery and the Nos. 3 and...